Palo Alto Networks
Principal Engineer Software Developer (Network Security)
Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, us, 95053
Principal Engineer Software Developer (Network Security)
At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we're looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are. We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included. As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few! At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision. We are looking for motivated, smart, hardworking and passionate individuals to join the Next-gen Firewall dataplane team as a Software Engineer. You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various cutting-edge technologies for the firewall. As a member of a data plane networking software group, you will be responsible for designing and developing the next-generation firewall core operating system and applications. You will take ownership for large software components, work with product management on real life customer requirements, apply your knowledge to functional design, utilize your programming skills for efficient and robust implementation, and interact with quality assurance and field support teams in the whole software development cycle. The culture at Palo Alto Networks is creative, dynamic and inspiring to tackle real work cyber-attacks. Responsible for the development of the critical dataplane and network/routing components for the State-of-the-art Next Generation Firewalls deployed at Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud, and Service Provider environments Design & Develop L2-L4 network security features Develop network security high availability service infrastructure products Support critical customer escalations and provide root cause analysis in a timely manner; Work with multi-functional team members on user requirements, including but not limited to Product Management, QA, Support, etc. Effective decision maker, take ownership and independently drive, lead tasks and assignments Strong in-depth C Programming experience Strong experience in large scale software development on Unix/Linux. Multi-core and Multi-threading programming experience is a MUST In-depth knowledge in networking, especially in L2, L3, L4 protocols such as IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP is a MUST Strong technical knowledge in computer architecture and systems engineering Experience in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, Multicast etc) is desired. Strong experience in developing & debugging packet processing, parsing, networking (L1-L7) protocols/architecture Experience in data plane forwarding and any network processor programming Can-do attitude and ability to take initiative and drive open issues to completion Strong communication skills to work effectively with multi-functional groups Desired Python, Shell script programming skills BS/MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
At Palo Alto Networks everything starts and ends with our mission: Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we're looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are. We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included. As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few! At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision. We are looking for motivated, smart, hardworking and passionate individuals to join the Next-gen Firewall dataplane team as a Software Engineer. You will be part of a world-class software engineering team that works on various cutting-edge technologies for the firewall. As a member of a data plane networking software group, you will be responsible for designing and developing the next-generation firewall core operating system and applications. You will take ownership for large software components, work with product management on real life customer requirements, apply your knowledge to functional design, utilize your programming skills for efficient and robust implementation, and interact with quality assurance and field support teams in the whole software development cycle. The culture at Palo Alto Networks is creative, dynamic and inspiring to tackle real work cyber-attacks. Responsible for the development of the critical dataplane and network/routing components for the State-of-the-art Next Generation Firewalls deployed at Enterprise, Data Center, Cloud, and Service Provider environments Design & Develop L2-L4 network security features Develop network security high availability service infrastructure products Support critical customer escalations and provide root cause analysis in a timely manner; Work with multi-functional team members on user requirements, including but not limited to Product Management, QA, Support, etc. Effective decision maker, take ownership and independently drive, lead tasks and assignments Strong in-depth C Programming experience Strong experience in large scale software development on Unix/Linux. Multi-core and Multi-threading programming experience is a MUST In-depth knowledge in networking, especially in L2, L3, L4 protocols such as IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP is a MUST Strong technical knowledge in computer architecture and systems engineering Experience in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, Multicast etc) is desired. Strong experience in developing & debugging packet processing, parsing, networking (L1-L7) protocols/architecture Experience in data plane forwarding and any network processor programming Can-do attitude and ability to take initiative and drive open issues to completion Strong communication skills to work effectively with multi-functional groups Desired Python, Shell script programming skills BS/MS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience